PROMETHEUS Blu-ray Details Revealed; 15 Minutes of Deleted or Alternate Scenes Plus So Much More

Director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi pic Prometheus opened early last month as one of the year’s most anticipated films. Though some weren’t exactly thrilled with the finished product, the amount of debate over the film’s true meanings, unanswered questions, Alien connections, and common sense-impaired scientists has been immense and unending. The pic is set to hit Blu-ray later this year, at which point further debate is sure to ensue. An unofficial full list of extras included on the home video release have landed online, and just as Scott previously mentioned to Steve, they include a significant amount of deleted scenes.

In addition to 15 minutes of deleted or alternate scenes and the entirety of the film’s viral material (including the full Peter Weyland TED Talk), the disc includes a text document of the first and final draft of the script by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts. Hit the jump for much more, including details on a 9-disc collection of every Alien film up to and including Prometheus.

First off, here’s a rundown of the highlights on the disc:

15 Minutes of Deleted or Alternate Scenes

Ridley Scott Audio Commentary

First and Final Draft of the Script in Text Document

Four Viral Videos Including Peter Weyland’s Full Ted Talk

Ridley Scott’s Sketches

Noomi Rapace’s Screen Tests

9 Featurettes Comprising 120 Minutes of Behind-the-Scenes Looks at the Creatures, Story, Visual Effects, and More

These extras come courtesy of an Amazon page for the French Evolution: From Alien to Prometheus box set (via Prometheus Forum), which includes the entire Alien saga on nine discs (just in case you never picked up that Alien Anthology Blu-ray set). It’s important to note that this isn’t an official listing, so some of these details may be incorrect or slightly off. Lindelof had previously mentioned something in an interview about recording an audio commentary, so it’s possible that we could see a few more features on the US release. Moreover, Scott told Steve to expect closer to 20 or 30 minutes of deleted scenes, so we could see more on the actual release or on a further release sometime in the future.

It’s well known that Prometheus began as a straight Alien prequel written by Jon Spaihts, and it wasn’t until Damon Lindelof came in and did a significant rewrite that it became Prometheus: less of an Alien prequel and more of an original sci-fi story. The specific text says that the disc includes the “first and final draft of the script,” but it’s unknown if this means that it includes Spaihts first draft of the developing Alien prequel, or the first full draft of Prometheus that Lindelof submitted. It’s rare for studios to release the actual first drafts of scripts, so I’d be surprised if this “first draft” is significantly different from what the final shooting draft of the script looks like. That said, I’d be absolutely thrilled to take a gander at what Spaihts originally came up with in order to compare this to the final product, so hopefully I’m wrong.

Check out the extras below, followed by a full list of what’s on the other discs for Evolution: From Alien to Prometheus. Prometheus is set to hit shelves on October 3rd.

Disc 1 (Prometheus 2D) (+150 minutes of bonuses):

On disk:

Cut scenes or alternative (15 mins)

Audio commentary by director (120 mins)

The private records of Peter Weyland, four viral videos (18 mins):

– The offer of Elizabeth Shaw

– Happy Birthday David

– Prometheus Transmission (extended version)

– The conference Weyland in 2023 (long version)

Outside the disk: Second Screen App: App iPad Control Blu-ray Remote which gives access to the archives of Peter Weyland (60 mins):

Pre-production:

– First and final draft of the script (text)

– Sketches of Ridley Scott (photo gallery)

– The Art of Prometheus (photo gallery)

– Pre-visualization (30 mins)

– Tests of Noomi Rapace (15 mins)

– The costume design (photo gallery)

– Tests “look” of the cast (10 mins)

Production:

– Graphic Video Dashboard

– Photographs of the team

– Video of the private pilot

Production and post-release:

– Marketing Gallery

Disc 2 (Prometheus 3D):

The 3D film active

Disc 3 (Bonus complementary Prometheus):

The angry gods: how to make the Prometheus of Ridley Scott, 9 videos (120 mins):

– At the Conquest of Paradise (scenario)

– The engineering upside down (direction & design)

– The manifest human (characters & costumes)

– A nest of demons (creature design)

– A world without green spaces (Pinewood)

– Gains of chance (stunts & action)

– The beginning and end (Iceland)

– The sky on fire (visual effects)

– Prometheus without limits (post-production and theatrical release)

Units of improvement (30 mins):

– Mini-featurettes

The archives of Peter Weyland (60 mins)

Here’s what’s included in the rest of Evolution: From Alien to Prometheus: